He did not deny any of it.

That is the one thing I will give him.

He sat there and he did not deny a single word.

“I need to ask you two questions,” I said, “and then I’m going to bed, and tomorrow I’m going to Clara’s.”

“Hannah—”

“First question.

In three months, has anything happened between you and Valerie?”

“No.” That came fast and clean and I believe it to this day.